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Senior-seminar project

SARAH SOLE/THISWEEKSenior Aaron Westbrook has collected cups from New Albany High School's coffee shop to create a 3-D-printed prosthetic arm from the recycled plastic to give to Maddie Horvath, a Powell first-grader. He is using the project to complete his senior seminar, a graduation requirement for New Albany High School students. He has made several other prosthetics since creating his first prosthetic arm as a sophomore.

For Aaron Westbrook, the answer of where to find recycled material to fabricate a prosthetic arm was on the bottom of a plastic coffee cup.

FRED SQUILLANTE/THE COLUMBUS DISPATCHUmbrellas and raincoats were common attire at the Village Lights celebration Dec. 4, but the persistent rain didn't dampen attendees' holiday spirit. This group enjoyed treats outside the Red Stable, 223 E Kossuth St. Businesses throughout the village were decorated for the event and many offers treats and specials to attendees. The event is organized by the German Village Business Community group.

It had been more than a decade and a half since a Central District program accomplished what the Hartley High School football team did Dec. 2 when it captured its second consecutive Division IV state championship.

Boys Basketball

PAUL VERNON/THISWEEKSophomore forward Max Martz (right) is among the key returnees for the Upper Arlington boys basketball team and 16th-year coach Tim Casey.

JONATHAN QUILTER/THE COLUMBUS DISPATCHCo-owners Aaron Mercier (left) and John Havens first met as students at the Wellington School in Upper Arlington. They've opened Rooks Tavern, a dry-rub barbecue restaurant on Chittenden Avenue near the Ohio State campus.

When Keith Dailey took his wife, Kim, into the historic Dierker Road structure he and business partner John G. Chess hope to turn into the Northwest Side's first brewpub, she recognized the place instantly.